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  <recipe>
    <head>
      <title>125-Year-Old Walnut Party Pound Cake</title>
      <categories>
        <cat>Cakes</cat>
        <cat>Nuts</cat></categories>
      <yield>10</yield></head>
    <ingredients>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1/2</qty>
          <unit>pounds</unit></amt>
        <item>Butter</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>3</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Sugar</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Rum extract</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>3</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Flour</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Half and half</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1/2</qty>
          <unit>cups</unit></amt>
        <item>Shortening</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>5</qty>
          <unit/></amt>
        <item>Eggs</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Vanilla</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>teaspoon</unit></amt>
        <item>Baking powder</item></ing>
      <ing>
        <amt>
          <qty>1</qty>
          <unit>cup</unit></amt>
        <item>Black walnuts; chopped</item></ing></ingredients>
    <directions>
      <step>  Cream butter and shortening.  Add sugar and beat until very light.  Add
  eggs, one at a time, beating well. Add flavoring and beat again. Add flour
  mixed with baking powder, alternating with milk, starting and ending with
  flour. Fold in walnuts.
  Pour into a tube pan that has been greased and floured.  Use one very large
  pan, size 4 3/4 x 9 1/2 inches.  Bake for 80 minutes.  Or use two regular
  pans, size 3 1/2 x 9 inches and bake for 70 minutes. Bake at 325 degrees.
  
  Do not open oven during first hour.
  
  NOTE:  If you do not like rum flavoring, it may be omitted; however,
  increase the vanilla to 2 teaspoons.
  Posted to MC-Recipe Digest V1 #291
  
  Date: Sun, 10 Nov 1996 14:46:41 -0800 (PST)
  
  From: "Steve L. Balliet" &lt;sballiet@preferred-sys.presys.com&gt;
 
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